Pleasure, Politics & Pagalpan was a conference that happened on May 13 & 14, 2017, on ‘Sexuality, Rights and Persons with Psychosocial Disability’ co- convened by Anjali and ARROW (The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women) with support from CREA. Speaking to Hidden Pockets about the conference, Ratnaboli Ray, Founder Read More

Long before I ever knew that I would be one day calling Bangalore home, I vaguely associated the city with primarily three things: its India’s Silicon Valley moniker, legendary weather, and gardens. I had visited the city once when I was ten years old and en route to a rain-soaked Read More

Digital campaign with its strong emphasis on digitisation of public records, have seen a companion in Aadhar. From basic amenities like getting ration, getting medical services or opening a bank account, Aadhar is being made as mandatory requirement. There is a move to link Aadhar with health data of an Read More

Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed annually on May 28. This year, Hidden Pockets decided to get on Twitter to spread some period love, joy and information on Menstrual Hygiene Day along with ProjectKHEL. Our conversation on Twitter has been captured and storified below. Spread the love! Period! [View the story Read More

Pleasure, Politics and Pagalpan: three different words with three different meanings! What happens when these three words come together, how one affects the other, how do they play together, questions, answers, language and body, all this and more happened during the two-day conference, Pleasure, Politics and Pagalpan. It was a Read More

“I feel that people in this room are converted to their own ideologies. I have converted to what I believe in and necessarily not converted to what others believe in. When we talk to the converted, do we have common viewpoints on anything that we have talked about? When we Read More

After Lucknow, Bhopal is now out and proud in support of its queer community. On May 17, 2017, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Bhopal walked its first Pride March near Upper Lake in Bhopal. Leading up to the march on the 17th, Citizens Action Network had organised Read More

Our conversation with Ratnaboli Ray, Founder – Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation began as a conversation around pleasure and politics present in the lives of persons with psychosocial disabilities. Understanding the intricacies of the politics around pleasure in these lives requires understanding psychosocial disabilities. What is a psychosocial disability? We Read More